Program Manager, Partner Enablement

Program Manager, Partner Enablement

Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. For more than four decades, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability.

Wind River helps customers across automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries solve complex technology challenges on their journey toward the new intelligent machine economy. The company's software powers generation after generation of the safest, most secure systems in the world. Examples include playing a key role in NASA space missions such as Artemis I, the James Webb Space Telescope, and multiple Mars rovers. We've achieved recent 5G milestones including the world's first successful 5G data session with Verizon and building one of the largest Open RAN networks in the world with Vodafone.

The company has received industry recognition for its technology innovation and leadership, and for its workplace culture, including global Great Place to Work certification and being named a "Top Workplace" for ten consecutive years. If you want to be part of a unique culture where the lived experience is based on our cultural attributes of growth mindset, customer-focus, and diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging, come join us and help advance the future software defined world.

Your Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Program Manager, Partner Enablement to develop, scale, and optimize our partner ecosystem through strategic training, onboarding, and program execution. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and has deep experience enabling technology partners working with complex software, platform, or embedded systems solutions.

In your daily job you will:

• Lead end-to-end partner onboarding and enablement programsincluding curriculum development, certification pathways, product training, and sales readiness.
• Collaborate closely with Partner Sales, Product, Marketing, and Customer Success teams to ensure partners are prepared to position, sell, deploy, and support our solutions.
• Build and maintain partner-ready content, including playbooks, training materials, demos, and technical guides.
• Deliver live and virtual training sessions to partner teams, ensuring engagement and competency.
• Develop a data-driven approach to track partner performance, certification progress, and enablement ROI.
• Optimize and scale partner enablement processes using best practices and modern enablement platforms.
• Support the rollout of new product features, updates, and go-to-market motions to partner organizations.
• Act as a strategic advocate for partners internally, ensuring their feedback informs product and program improvements.

How You Will Contribute

Key skills and competencies for succeeding in this role are:

Required Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in partner enablement, partner programs, sales enablement, technical training, and/or related roles.
• Strong understanding of partner motions, including reseller, OEM, ISV, system integrator, or technology alliance models.
• Proven ability to simplify complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, program management, and content development skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining high attention to detail.
• Experience using partner portals, CMS/LMS tools, or enablement platforms (Seismic or Highspot preferred).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with enterprise infrastructure platforms such as VMware, Red Hat, SUSE, or comparable technologies.
• Previous experience in high-growth SaaS, edge computing, IoT, infrastructure software, or developer-focused products.
• Familiarity with certification frameworks and scalable training methodologies.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort with dashboards, reporting tools, and partner analytics.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic cross-functional environment with shifting priorities.